Honey Almond Cake

Recipe by Barb Shumaker, Upper Sandusky, Ohio
First place, Honey & Bee items (Cake), 2017

Baking temperature: 350 degrees
Baking time: 50 minutes
Yield: 1 cake

Ingredients

• ½ c shortening
• 1 c honey (Our Hive/Upper Sandusky, OH)
• Zest of one orange
• 3 yolks
• 2 c flour
• 2 t baking powder
• ½ t salt
• ½ c milk
• ¼ c ground almonds
• Sliced almonds for garnish
• honey

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Stir flour, baking powder and salt together. Set aside
• Cream the shortening. Add honey slowly until incorporated fully
• Add the zest and yolks (one at a time) and incorporate fully
• Add dry to wet alternately with the milk beginning and ending with dry
• Stir in nuts
• Pour the batter into a greased 9x9 pan and bake at 350 for 50 minutes
• Brush with extra honey and sprinkle with sliced almonds while warm. Cool